diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb.h
index ca54e268d157..fe1592ae8769 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb.h
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ struct igb_adapter {
 	/* OS defined structs */
 	struct pci_dev *pdev;
 
-	spinlock_t stats64_lock;
+	struct mutex stats64_lock;
 	struct rtnl_link_stats64 stats64;
 
 	/* structs defined in e1000_hw.h */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ethtool.c
index c57671068245..7426060b678f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_ethtool.c
@@ -2295,7 +2295,7 @@ static void igb_get_ethtool_stats(struct net_device *netdev,
 	int i, j;
 	char *p;
 
-	spin_lock(&adapter->stats64_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&adapter->stats64_lock);
 	igb_update_stats(adapter);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < IGB_GLOBAL_STATS_LEN; i++) {
@@ -2338,7 +2338,7 @@ static void igb_get_ethtool_stats(struct net_device *netdev,
 		} while (u64_stats_fetch_retry_irq(&ring->rx_syncp, start));
 		i += IGB_RX_QUEUE_STATS_LEN;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&adapter->stats64_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&adapter->stats64_lock);
 }
 
 static void igb_get_strings(struct net_device *netdev, u32 stringset, u8 *data)
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index 453ae1d9e5f3..bb4f3f64fbf0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -2203,9 +2203,9 @@ void igb_down(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
 	del_timer_sync(&adapter->phy_info_timer);
 
 	/* record the stats before reset*/
-	spin_lock(&adapter->stats64_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&adapter->stats64_lock);
 	igb_update_stats(adapter);
-	spin_unlock(&adapter->stats64_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&adapter->stats64_lock);
 
 	adapter->link_speed = 0;
 	adapter->link_duplex = 0;
@@ -3840,7 +3840,7 @@ static int igb_sw_init(struct igb_adapter *adapter)
 	adapter->min_frame_size = ETH_ZLEN + ETH_FCS_LEN;
 
 	spin_lock_init(&adapter->nfc_lock);
-	spin_lock_init(&adapter->stats64_lock);
+	mutex_init(&adapter->stats64_lock);
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI_IOV
 	switch (hw->mac.type) {
 	case e1000_82576:
@@ -5406,9 +5406,9 @@ static void igb_watchdog_task(struct work_struct *work)
 		}
 	}
 
-	spin_lock(&adapter->stats64_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&adapter->stats64_lock);
 	igb_update_stats(adapter);
-	spin_unlock(&adapter->stats64_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&adapter->stats64_lock);
 
 	for (i = 0; i < adapter->num_tx_queues; i++) {
 		struct igb_ring *tx_ring = adapter->tx_ring[i];
@@ -6235,10 +6235,10 @@ static void igb_get_stats64(struct net_device *netdev,
 {
 	struct igb_adapter *adapter = netdev_priv(netdev);
 
-	spin_lock(&adapter->stats64_lock);
+	mutex_lock(&adapter->stats64_lock);
 	igb_update_stats(adapter);
 	memcpy(stats, &adapter->stats64, sizeof(*stats));
-	spin_unlock(&adapter->stats64_lock);
+	mutex_unlock(&adapter->stats64_lock);
 }
 
 /**